Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited w/contrast or without & w/contrast at Mercy Medical Center Merced
333 Mercy Ave., Merced, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1518018191
$1,012.49
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$1,966.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$453.77 with LA Care vs $13,394.00 with United — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -55% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -55% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -55% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -55% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -55% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $453.77 | ↓ -55% |
| Allcare | Commercial|All Plans | $501.71 | ↓ -50% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $880.20 | ↓ -13% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $953.55 | ↓ -6% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $953.55 | ↓ -6% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,012.23 | ↓ -0% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,173.60 | ↑ +16% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,378.98 | ↑ +36% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $1,467.00 | ↑ +45% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,925.00 | ↑ +781% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $9,267.00 | ↑ +815% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $13,394.00 | ↑ +1223% |
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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited w/contrast or without & w/contrast at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $745.04 | $453.77 – $1,326.78 |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital | Petaluma | $781.32 | $470.15 – $479.74 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $906.51 | $453.77 – $2,075.64 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $830.26 | $453.77 – $2,075.64 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $496.40 | $453.77 – $1,070.40 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $642.25 | $453.77 – $1,057.02 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $1,273.98 | $495.35 – $495.35 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $796.62 | $448.71 – $448.71 |